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Classical Music: Spring Arts Preview 2016 - Metro Weekly Home / Features / Classical Music: Spring Arts Preview 2016 Classical Music: Spring Arts Preview 2016 Symphony Concerts and Chorus Recitals in Washington, D.C., Maryland and Virginia By Doug Rule on March 10, 2016 @ruleonwriting 1share 0 comments Nothing is bigger than the Washington National Opera’s staging of the full Ring Cycle. Yet there are plenty more highlights in classical this season. And plenty of events with gay appeal, as well. Both the Baltimore Symphony and the Fairfax Symphony have concerts built on a general diva theme. As if not to be outdone, the National Symphony selected a diva to rally the gay troops: Storm Large of Pink Martini. The Baltimore Symphony also has John Waters reprising his role as narrator in its semi-staged production of Hairspray. But the biggest gay development in classical this season is the work Strathmore is doing with Andrew Lippa’s opera partly based on Harvey Milk. And wouldn’t you know it? There’s even a bona fide diva associated with that too: Kristin Chenoweth.

THE ALDEN Music Friends Concerts with Young Soloists Recital — A free classical music series featuring internationally recognized professional musicians, as well as a showcase of local school-age musicians, co-sponsored by Music Friends of the Fairfax County Public Library (3/20, 4/17, 5/22, 6/5) U.S. Navy Commodores (4/2) atlasarts.org Capital City Symphony — Haunted Topography, Heavenly Life is a program of touching meditations on life and death, heaven and healing by contemporary composer David T. Little and Gustav Mahler (3/13) UrbanArias — Composer Tom Cipullo offers a searing double bill, including the world premiere of Josephine, a one-woman show about Josephine Baker performed by soprano Melissa Wimbish, and After Life, an opera that imagines Gertrude Stein and Pablo Picasso arguing with each other in the afterlife about their actions during World War II (4/2-3, 4/8-9) Capital City Symphony — “Great Masters, Young Stars” features Beethoven’s Symphony No.

6 in F Major and Brahms’ Violin Concerto in D Major, performed with the winner of the Johansen International Competition as special guest soloist (5/8) Great Noise Ensemble — Group closes its season with Michael Gordon’s opera Van Gogh, based on the texts of letters between the artist and his brother Theo (5/28) Sirius Quartet — The precise traditions of the classical genre melded with rock, jazz and world music (6/3) BALTIMORE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA bsomusic.org All Beethoven — Markus Stenz conducts this showcase of Beethoven’s range and originality, including his homage to the grandeur of Mozart with his Piano Concerto No.

1, to be performed by German pianist Lars Vogt (3/11, 3/13; Meyerhoff; 3/12, Strathmore) Peter & The Wolf — Nicholas Hersh conducts the BSO in Prokofiev’s famous score for a family concert complete with puppets (3/12, Strathmore; 3/23-24, 3/29, 4/2, Meyerhoff) Yuri Termirkanov Returns — BSO’s Music Director Emeritus explores the authenticity and passion of two classics of the Russian repertoire, Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4 and Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No.

3 featuring Denis Matsuev (3/17, Strathmore; 3/18-19, Meyerhoff) SuperPops: Broadway Divas — Jack Everly leads the BSO and four female vocalists, Christina Bianco, N’Kenge, Kristen Plumley and Mandy Gonzalez, in selections from Broadway blockbusters (3/31, Strathmore; 4/1-3, Meyerhoff) Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess: In Concert — Marin Alsop conducts a concert performance of this classic with soloists and the Morgan State University Choir (4/8, 4/10, Meyerhoff; 4/9, Strathmore) Mahler’s Symphony No.

5 — Alsop returns to the monumental work that launched her BSO tenure, which she pairs with the world premiere of The City, a commissioned work by Pulitzer Prize winner Kevin Puts (4/14, Strathmore; 4/15, Meyerhoff) BSO Pulse: The Lone Bellow — A classical and indie-rock collaboration with Aaron Copland’s Appalachian Spring as a springboard (4/28, Meyerhoff) Tchaikovsky & Prokofiev — Dariusz Skoraczewski performs Tchaikovsky’s cheerful and demanding cello showpiece, Variations on a Rococo Theme as part of a program led by Andrey Boreyko, also featuring Prokofiev’s triumphant Symphony No.

5 (4/29, 5/1, Meyerhoff; 4/30, Strathmore) A Celebration of Uncommon Women — Alsop conducts the world premieres of BSO commissions from two women, Joan Tower and Anna Clyne, in a program that includes selections from Bizet’s Carmen (5/7, Strathmore; 5/8, Meyerhoff ) Beethoven’s Emperor — Conductor/composer John Adams guides Jeremy Denk in playing Beethoven’s grandiose concerto and then conducts the BSO through his own expressive Harmonielehre (5/12, Meyerhoff; 5/15, Strathmore) The Planets — John Storgards conducts a program focused on the natural world, from Gustav Holst’s most famous composition to Chinese-American composer Tan Dun’s strikingly original Water Concerto (5/20, 5/22, Meyerhoff; 5/21, Strathmore) Bach’s B Minor Mass — Bach’s final crowning achievement is a fitting centennial season showcase for the BSO and the Baltimore Choral Arts Society (5/26, Strathmore; 5/27-28, Meyerhoff)

 SuperPops: Hairspray In Concert with John Waters — An encore performance of the BSO’s 2013 semi-staged concert production featuring full orchestra, vocalists and the show’s eccentric creator as narrator (6/2, Strathmore; 6/3-5, Meyerhoff) Appalachian Spring — Performed with its original Martha Graham choreography by Baltimore School for the Arts Dancers, Copland’s masterpiece evokes the wide-open landscape and inherent optimism of American possibility (6/9-10, Meyerhoff; 6/11, Strathmore) Yo-Yo Ma — Celebrity cellist performs Dvorak’s Cello Concerto in an Alsop-led program with Dvorak’s Symphony No.

9, “From The New World” (6/15, Meyerhoff) Verdi’s Requiem — Alsop ends the season in full-throttle mode, enlisting virtuoso singers, the Choral Arts Society of Washington and the full orchestra to truly bring out the drama and heft of this classic (6/17, Strathmore; 6/18-19, Meyerhoff) THE CHORAL ARTS SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON 202-244-3669 choralarts.org Choral Arts Chamber Singers: The Imitative Game — The beauty and complexity of counterpoint is the focus of this concert led by Scott Tucker, the society’s artistic director, and featuring this 30-member ensemble, now in its second season (4/12, Church of the Epiphany, 1317 G St. NW) Renee Fleming and Norm Lewis: Some Enchanted Evening — Tucker helps the full chorus of over 190 members celebrate the American musical and specifically the output of Rodgers and Hammerstein.

American opera superstar, dubbed “the people’s diva,” and Tony-nominated Broadway star join to sing through the hits (5/15, Kennedy Center Concert Hall) THE CITY CHOIR OF WASHINGTON 202-495-1613 thecitychoirofwashington.org Tavener: Requiem Fragments, Handel: Messiah Part III — Robert Shafer leads the choir, chamber orchestra and soloists in a Spring concert that opens with John Tavener’s final masterpiece, which premiered in the U.K. in 2014, and concludes with a portion of the most famous choral work in the world, composed originally for Easter (4/10, National Presbyterian Church, 4101 Nebraska Ave. NW) Shafer: Psalm 121, Durufle: Requiem — Special, non-subscription concert offers a sneak peek into a commissioned work Shafer will debut in April at Hope College in Michigan, a setting of Psalm 121 for pipe organ, to be played by Paul Skevington; concert also includes a stunning piece by French composer Maurice Durufle written just before the start of WWII (6/5, St.

Luke Catholic Church, McLean, Va.) THE CLARICE UMD Wind Ensemble — Charles Ives Collection (4/29) UMD Symphony Orchestra and the President’s Own United States Marine Band (5/1) UMD Koto Ensemble and Washington Toho Koto Society (5/1) UMD Chamber Singers & University Chorale — “The New Choral Masters,” led by the music of Scottish composer James MacMillan (5/1) UMD Percussion Ensemble Concert (5/2) Outdoor Big Band Finale (5/4) UMD Wind Orchestra & Maryland Opera Studio — Two organizations team up to perform Mozart’s final masterpiece Die Zauberflote (5/6) UMD Faculty Artist Recital: The Versatile Viola — Viola player Kathy Murdock leads a program, also with oboist Mark Hill, percussionist Lee Hinkle and pianist Rita Sloan, of two world premieres and works by Berio and Brahms (5/6) Annual Pops Concert — UMD Wind Ensemble, University Band and Community Band (5/7) Prince George’s Philharmonic (5/22) National Orchestra Institute and Festival – Talented young musicians from around the country engage in a

 month of professional development and music-making, culminating in several concerts, with highlights: a Pops Concert (5/28) Orchestra Unbound, a showcase of strings, woodwinds, brass and percussion, in works by Tchaikovsky and Morelli (6/3) American Symphonies features two bold symphonies by Samuel Barber and Randall Thompson, plus a new work by rising composer Samuel Carl Adams, conducted by James Ross (6/11) Clarinet Masterclass with Yehuda Gilad (6/13) Mahler’s Titan (6/18) Peter and the Wolf — A Family Concert with members of the NOI performing Prokofiev’s classic (6/19) Chamber Music Showcase (6/23) Vanska Conducts Sibelius — Renowned Finnish conductor Osmo Vanska leads the final concert of the season headlined by Jean Sibelius’s rousing Symphony No.

2 (6/25) COOLIDGE AUDITORIUM loc.gov/concerts Frederic Rzewski, Jennifer Koh, Benjamin Hochman & The Del Sol String Quartet — An all-star group of musicians will perform chamber music by a trio of remarkable American composers, Ben Johnston, George Antheil and Frederic Rzewski, who will debut a world premiere commissioned by the Library of Congress (4/30) \ Yefim Bronfman — Powerhouse pianist will perform some of Prokofiev’s most riveting piano music, the “War Sonatas” composed during World War II(5/3) Musicians from Marlboro — A quartet arrangement performs Kaija Saariaho’s haunting Terra Memoria as well as a late Haydn string quartet and Schumann’s Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor (5/6) CORNER STORE ARTS 900 South Carolina Ave.

SE 202-544-5807 Charles Mokotoff and John Armato — Lute and guitar duos and solos playing music from the Renaissance to the present day (3/13) Trio Sefardi — A confluence of three performers who share a love of Sephardic music (3/20) THE EMBASSY SERIES embassyseries.org This 20-year-old series offers public access to foreign embassies and diplomatic homes in D.C.

via classical concerts, followed by receptions, aimed at “uniting people through musical diplomacy.” This season’s offerings are: Guy Mintus Jazz Trio — Last year’s recipient of ASCAP’s Herb Albert Young Jazz Composer Award, among other accolades, leads a New York-based group with fellow Israeli bassist Tamir Shmerling and Dutch drummer Philippe Lemm; concert will be presented by the Embassy of Israel (3/28, venue TBA) Vassily Primakov — “In Chopin, no one currently playing sounds as good as this,” asserts the American Record Guide, something Primakov will display with a program of Chopin but also Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov, and all set in one of the most beautiful residences in the city (4/1, Russian Ambassador’s Residence, 1125 16th St.

NW) Esterhazy Trio — Named after the famous Hungarian noble family, this group specializes in the music from the court of Esterhazy and will dedicate this concert, with works by Haydn, Tomasini and Abel, to the 60th anniversary of the Hungarian Uprising (4/12, Embassy of Hungary) Edgar Moreau — This 21-year-old French cellist will display how virtuosic and dynamic his playing is with a mixed program of Bach, Franck, Scnittke and Chopin accompanied by pianist Jessica Osborne (5/6, Belmont Mansion, 1618 New Hampshire Ave. NW) Laufey Sigurdardottir — This violinist with the Icelandic Symphony Orchestra as well as on the faculty of the Reykjavik Conservatory performs a program of Schubert, Grieg and Beethoven with accompaniment Beth Levin (5/21, Residence of the Icelandic Ambassador, 2443 Kalorama Rd. NW) Juan Vasle — A program of operatic arias, lieder and Slovenian folksongs with George Peachey accompanying this bass/baritone (5/24, Embassy of Slovenia, 2410 California St.

NW) Kauder Trio — One of Europe’s fantastic trios, notable in part because of the rare combination of oboe, viola and piano. Their focus, as with this program, is on lesser-known gems by composers such as Kupkovic, Scharwenka and of course its namesake (5/27, Embassy of Slovakia, 3523 International Ct. NW) Ronaldo Rolim — Award-winning and influential young pianist offers a diverse program of Guarnieri, Chopin, Granados and Villa-Lobos, which he’ll perform in a small, 80-seat room in this exquisite building (6/3, Residence of the Brazilian Ambassador, 3006 Massachusetts Ave.

NW) Veronika Bohmova — Regarded as the best and most successful solo pianist in the Czech Republic offers a concert of Shostakovich, Albeniz, Ravel and Prokofiev (6/9, Embassy of the Czech Republic, 3900 Spring of Freedom NW) Julio Resende — Pianist applies his skills in jazz improvisation when playing other genres, which he’ll demonstrate with his modern twists on fado as part of a multimedia production (6/23, Residence of the Portuguese Ambassador, 2125 Kalorama Rd. NW) EVERMAY ESTATE evermayestate.org Spoleto Festival USA Chamber Music Concert — A wide-ranging program performed by festival musicians (3/11) Erzhan Kulibaev — A 27-year-old violinist, winner of the 2014 S&R Foundation Washington Award, makes his D.C.

debut performing works by Beethoven, Faure, Tchaikovsky and Saint-Saens accompanied by S&R Artist-in-Residence Ryo Yanagitani (3/25) Allyn Johnson Trio — An evening of soulful jazz from with special guest violinist and S&R Artist-in-Residence Machiko Ozawa (4/1) Gareth Lubbe — “The Spectral Viola” is a diverse and rich program from this Evermay Chamber violist accompanied by Ryo Yanagitani (4/8) Mason Bates — An eclectic evening exploring how classical music is changing to incorporate electronic touches by the first composer-in-residence at the Kennedy Center (4/13, Halycon House, 3400 Prospect St.

NW) Yoobin Son — A New York Philharmonic flutist makes her debut at Evermay in an Overtures recital accompanied by Ryo Yanagitani (4/23) Tanya Gabrielian — Winner of the 2013 S&R Foundation Washington Award returns to Evermay for her first solo piano recital (4/29) Pittsburgh Symphony Quartet — Violinists Noah Bendix-Balgley and Shanshan Yao, violist Meng Wang and cellist David Primo met while in the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and continue to collaborate, making their Evermay debut with masterworks of the string quartet form (5/12) S&R Foundation Washington Awards Gala (6/4) FAIRFAX SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Center for the Arts Concert Hall George Mason University fairfaxsymphony.org An Enchanted Evening — Principal Pops Conductor Luke Frazier leads the FSO of music made famous by the enchanting women of the American Songbook, from Judy Garland to Chita Rivera to Eartha Kitt; musical theater performers Mary Michael Patterson from Broadway and Hayley Travers from D.C.

will join in the enchantment (3/12) Beethoven’s Eroica — Peabody Conservatory graduate Awadagin Pratt will perform Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3 in a program led by FSO artistic director Christopher Zimmerman, headlined by the German giant’s Symphony No. 3 (4/30) Beethoven & Brahms — Zimmerman leads this season-ending concert that includes Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 featuring soloist Andrew Tyson (5/21) FOLGER CONSORT 201 East Capitol St.

SE 202-544-7077 folger.edu Playing with Fire — Professional musicians in the Renaissance largely improvised, so that’s what the musicians in the Consort will do too, at least in this program of instrumental Renaissance music led by Robert Eisenstein In(3/18-20) Shakespeare and Purcell — British composer Henry Purcell wrote his monumental The Fairy Queen specifically to accompany Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night’s Dream; the Consort will perform the songs, choruses and instrumental music from the piece along with other memorable settings of Shakespeare by Purcell (4/8-10) GAY MEN’S CHORUS OF WASHINGTON, D.C.

202-293-1548 gmcw.org Boots, Class & Sass — A salute to some favorite country songs, including covers of hits by Patsy Cline, Dolly Parton and Johnny Cash to name a few, and also a salute to boys, notably the DC Cowboys, who are reuniting for the show (3/12, 3/19, 3/20, Lincoln Theatre) Carmina 35 — Celebrating the chorus’ first 35 years in song, with a retrospective as well as a production of the classic choral piece featuring the full chorus plus soloists from the New York City Master Chorale, and special guest, Gallim Dance Company (5/8, Kennedy Center Concert Hall) THE IN SERIES inseries.org Cosi Fan Tutte Goes Hollywood — Nick Olcott offers a funny English re-telling of Mozart/DaPonte’s masterpiece with direction by Colin Hovde and Stanley Thurston (4/23-5/1) Fidelio — A presentation of Nick Olcott’s new English adaptation of Beethoven’s only and rarely seen opera, about a woman who dresses as a man to rescue her husband from political imprisonment (6

/18-19, 6/25-26) KENNEDY CENTER kennedy-center.org Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra — Two free concerts of varied repertoire performed by musicians from the house orchestra (3/12-13, Millennium Stage) Montreal Symphony — Washington Performing Arts presents the return of this symphony to D.C.

after a 30-year hiatus, with a program led by Kent Nagano featuring Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring and Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No.

3 performed by Chopin Piano Competition Awardee Daniil Trifonov (3/14, Concert Hall) Azariah Tan — A free concert by this award-winning pianist (3/14, Millennium) Organ Recital: Paul Jacobs — National Symphony Orchestra presents this Grammy winner’s return to the Kennedy Center to play pieces by Bach, Brahms, Reger, Mozart and Reubke on the Rubenstein Family Organ (3/16, Concert Hall) Simon Ghraichy — New York Concert Artists presents a recital by this Lebanese-Mexican pianist (3/16, Terrace) Washington National Opera Domingo-Cafritz Young Artists — A free performance of opera scenes inspired by myths, legends and fantasy, in light of WNO’s coming Ring Cycle (3/18, Millennium) The Cantare Choir of the Greater Richmond Children’s Choir (3/19, Millennium) Sharon Robinson & Anna Polonsky — “The Complete Works of Beethoven for Cello and Piano” performed over the course of two nights in this Fortas Chamber Music Concert (3/22-23, Terrace) Joseph Moog — Washington Performing Arts presents D.C.

debut of this pianist (3/26, Terrace) John Philip Sousa Band Festival — Music Celebrations International presents this festive tribute to “the March King” (4/3) Bavarian Radio Symphony — A rare U.S. tour, presented by Washington Performing Arts, and featuring Mariss Jansons conducting Mahler’s monumental Symphony No.

5 (4/12, Concert Hall) Yo-Yo Ma and Emanuel Ax — Washington Performing Arts presents these two star soloists in a focus on Beethoven’s cello sonatas (4/13, Concert Hall) San Francisco Symphony — Washington Performing Arts presents Michael Tilson Thomas conducting his signature ensemble in a performance of Schubert and Mahler (4/16, Concert Hall) Vocal Arts DC: Julia Bullock w/Renate Rohlfing — Rising star soprano, a 2014 Juilliard alumna, performs selections by Faure, Wolf, Cage and Revel accompanied by a frequent collaborator (4/18, Terrace) KC Jukebox: New Voices, Old Muses — Composer-in-Residence Mason Bates offers an eccentric concert of mostly new or unusual works, including one of his own using electronic sounds, plus vocal works by two leading lights in new music: Donnacha Dennehy, whose That the Night Come is a song cycle on the poetry of W.B.

Yeats, and Anna Clyne, whose As Sudden Shut is a response to Emily Dickinson (4/18, Atrium) 37th Young Concert Artists Series: Ziyu Shen — A Washington concert debut by this 18-year-old Chinese violist, who’s been winning competitions since she was at least 14 (4/19, Terrace) Takacs Quartet — Fortas Chamber Music Concert by Grammy-winning ensemble returning with music of Dvorak, Webern and Beethoven (4/20, Terrace) Antoine Tamestit — A Washington Performing Arts debut program with this “in-demand viola soloist,” who will perform works by Bach and Ligeti (4/24, Terrace) Washington, D.C.

International Music Festival 2016 — Maryland Classic Youth Orchestra out of Bethesda and Cerritos High School Wind Symphony from California are two top student ensembles invited to perform at this year’s concert, presented by World Projects Corporation (4/25, Concert Hall) Josef Spacek — Distinguished Czech violinist makes his Kennedy Center solo recital debut accompanied by Miroslav Sekera for a Fortas Chamber program of intriguing works, including Szymanowski’s Greek legend-inspired Mythes and Ysaye’s virtuosic tour de force based on a Saint-Saen’s Etudes, plus Bach, Prokofiev and Saint-Saens (4/26, Terrace) Vocal Arts DC: Michelle DeYoung — American mezzo-soprano, with frequent collaborator, pianist Kevin Murphy offers Manuel de Falla’s Seven Popular Spanish Songs, Edward Elgar’s Sea Pictures and songs by Brahms, Strauss and Joseph Marx (5/1, Terrace) Organ Recital: Christopher Houlihan — National Symphony Orchestra presents this gifted young American organist who will take to the Rubenstein Family Organ to play Bach, Franck, Alain and Vierne (5/4) Enso String Quartet with Avi Av

ital — Fortas Chamber Music Concert offering Beethoven’s “Harp” Quartet, Sibelius Quartet Voces Intimae and David Bruce’s Cymbeline featuring Grammy-nominated mandolinist (5/4, Terrace) Yury Shadrin & Tian Lu — A husband-and-wife duo present a Washington Performing Arts program conceived of as a journey, progressing from solo piano to four-hand piano to two pianos (5/7, Terrace) The Kennedy Center Chamber Players — NSO musicians play Takemitsu, Hindemith and Carter as well as pieces by Ravel and Faure (5/8, Terrace) Itzhak Perlman and Emanuel Ax — Washington Performing Arts presents a concert by these two celebrated statesmen of classical music touring in support of a new Deutsche Grammophon recording of Faure and Strauss violin sonatas (5/10, Concert Hall) Washington Men’s Camerata — “Music from Down Under” from this men’s chorus, led by Frank Albinder, includes Christopher Marshall’s Tihei, Mauri Ora!

as well as works by Hamilton and Leek (6/12, Terrace) 2016 Washington International Competition for Voice Finals — A group of outstanding young vocalists perform before a panel of esteemed judges in the final round of this competition of the Friday Morning Music Club Foundation (6/19, Terrace) LEVINE SCHOOL OF MUSIC levinemusic.org Viola Power — An afternoon dedicated to playing the viola, with student and faculty performances, an ensemble workshop and alto clef reading tips for every player (3/20, Levine at Strathmore) Miniature Motives, Grand Structures — Vasily Popov and pianist Ralitza Patcheva will demonstrate what distinguished the art of Prokofiev, whose works are monumental in scale, yet also intricate and innovative down to the smallest details (4/2) Marlin Engel Solo Competition — Pianists, instrumentalists and vocalists from ages six to 18 compete in this competition named after Levine founders Jackie Marlin and Diana Engel (4/17) Misbin Family Memorial Chamber Music Competition (4/24) LISNER AUDITORIUM lisner.org Pan American Symphony Orchestra — Organization celebrates its 25th anniversary with a Spanish musical extrav

aganza, a “Zarzuela Anthology,” focused on songs from Spain’s Golden Age as performed by the orchestra, the Choral Arts Society of Washington Chamber Chorus, soloists, even a flamenco dancer (3/20) Opera Lafayette — “Opera and the French Revolution” is a fully staged program, directed by Milenka Cechova, with three dramatic scenes from classical Greek tragedies set by Martini, Cherubini and Sacchini and staged during the revolution (4/29) LIVE!

AT 10TH AND G First Congregational United Church of Christ 945 G ST. NW facebook.com/liveat10thandg Coral Cantigas — Crossing Borders (3/12) Georgetown Chorale — Vaughan Williams’s Dona Nobis Pacem, blending the poetry of Walt Whitman with a cry for peace, is the centerpiece of a spring concert that also includes classic choral works by Handel and Parry and features soprano Laura Choi (4/30) Cantate Chamber Singers — Patterns and Lines is a multimedia composition celebrating the work of world-traveling photographers Judy and Wayne Guenther with poetry by Roberto Ifill and music by Andrew Earle Simpson; also on the bill are works by Samuel Barber and John Corigliano (5/14) Word of Mouth — A concert by D.C.’s young professional a cappella group (5/21) NATIONAL CHAMBER ENSEMBLE kennedy-center.org Jean-Yves Thibaudet: Liszt’s Piano Concerto No.

2 — Christoph Eschenbach leads a Romantic program headlined by a showcase for Thibaudet of the rhapsodic sweep of Liszt’s single-movement concerto, but also including Brahms’s heroic, personal Symphony No. 3, three of his Hungarian Dances and the world premiere of Picker’s Opera without Words (3/10-12) Nikolai Lugansky: Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 1 — Conductor Osmo Vanska will work to whip Lugansky and the orchestra into states of exuberance in Brahms’s mighty concerto, and then usher in the storm of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6 (3/17-19) Nikolaj Znaider: Brahms’s Violin Concerto — Violinist begins a two-week residency with Brahms’s daunting showcase in a Cristian Macelaru-led program including Debussy’s La Mer, Faure’s Pavane and the first NSO performances of music by Pierre Jalbert (3/31-4/2) Benjamin Grosvenor: Mozart’s Piano Concerto No.

27 — Gifted young artist makes his NSO Concert Hall debut with Mozart’s final, melancholic concerto, while Nikolaj Znaider concludes his residency by conducting the NSO in a program including Mahler’s moody, ultimately triumphant Symphony NO. 1 (4/7-9) Anne Akiko Meyers: Mason Bates’s Concerto for Violin — The top-selling instrumentalist on Billboard‘s 2014 classical charts joins the NSO for the first performances of this new, ancient animals-inspired work by Kennedy Center’s Composer-in-Residence, in a Hugh Wolff-led program also including Barber’s School for Scandal Overture and Ives’ Symphony No.

2 (4/14-16) Declassified: Mason Bates, Anne Akiko — An immersive, multimedia symphonic experience, and a deeper dive into Bates’ avant-garde, electronic-inclusive works, not just his violin concerto but also The B-Sides and The Rise of Exotic Computing (4/15) Storm Large, Hudson Shad: Weill’s The Seven Deadly Sins — Pink Martini vocalist will sing Kurt Weill’s delightful work about a transgressive young woman tempted by the gentlemen of the vocal quartet, part of a program led by talented young American conductor James Gaffigan (4/28-30) Declassified: Cabaret of Sins featuring Storm Large — Another immersive symphonic experience with Large performing The Seven Deadly Sins, plus cabaret songs in this multimedia mix of classical music flipped on its ear (4/29) Vadim Gluzman: Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto — Russian-born Israeli soloist makes his NSO debut as part of an all-Russian program led by Andrew Litton and also including Shostakovich’s Symphony No.

11 (5/5-7) Alban Gerhardt: Elgar’s Cello Concerto — James MacMillan makes his NSO conducting debut leading a program that also includes orchestral interludes from his opera The Sacrifice and Vaughan Williams’ unrelentingly tense Symphony No. 4 (5/12-14) NSO Pops: Boyz II Men — An evening of symphonic adaptations and accompaniment to the “Motownphilly” smooth pop and R&B harmonies that has made this 25-year-old Philadelphia trio so successful (5/20-21) Leila Josefowicz: Salonen’s Violin Concerto — Christoph Eschenbach leads a program of Haydn’s Symphony No. 104 “London” and Schumann’s Symphony No.

4, but rightfully headlined by NSO favorite soloist and Esa-Pekka Salonen’s work, heralded by Classics Today as “one of the most compelling orchestral works of the still young 21st Century” (6/2-4) Nathalie Stutzmann: Mahler’s Ruckert-Lieder — Eschenbach continues the NSO’s multi-season Mahler exploration with a look at the composer’s collection of lyrical songs, sung by guest contralto kicking off a two-week residency with the NSO; program also includes Bruckner’s dark Symphony No.

4 (6/9-11) NSO Pops: Forever Gershwin — Steven Reineke leads the NSO in an all-star and extensive celebration of one of America’s most beloved composers, including Jason Moran’s twist on some Gershwin standards with vocalist Jose James, and selections from Porgy and Bess performed by Norm Lewis, Alicia Hall Moran and the Heritage Siganature Chorale (6/17-18) THE PHILLIPS COLLECTION dc.singstrong.org A nationally roving, three-day a cappella music festival featuring groups from around the world performing in all different styles, all benefiting local music programs as well as the fight against Alzheimer’s.

In addition to daytime classes and an auction, the festival presents several concerts: “ACA-Idol,” a competition for professional and collegiate groups in which the audience helps determine the $1,000 winner (4/1) High School Competition concert of finalists judged by a cappella educators from around the country (4/2) Saturday Night Main Event headlined by Take 6 and Blue Jupiter featuring Diana Preisler of Lifetime’s Pitch Slapped (4/2) Sunday Matinee concert headlined by live-looper Julia Easterlin and Maxx Factor, the Baltimore female barbershop quartet as seen on NBC’s The Sing-Off (4/3) STRATHMORE strathmore.org Stephen Schwartz, Ken Page with Young Artists of America — Legendary Broadway composer Schwartz (Wicked, Pippin) and stage and screen actor Page (Cats, The Nightmare Before Christmas) serve as mentor and star, respectively, of this five-year organization’s symphonic version of Schwartz’s 1991 biblical musical Children of Eden (3/13, Music Center) U.S.

Marine Band (4/14, Music Center) Academy of St Martin in the Fields w/Joshua Bell (3/18, Music Center) Maryland Classic Youth Orchestras of Strathmore — “Efflorescence” is a vibrant program featuring all six MCYO ensembles (3/20, Music Center) Ward-Kong Duo — Cellist Alicia Ward and pianist Kimberly Kong offer an intimate concert of pieces for cello with accompaniment by Stravinsky, Prokofiev, Schumann and Rachmaninoff (3/24, Mansion) Metropolitan Opera: Rising Stars Concert Series (4/1, Music Center) Jessica Krash — Chamber Seminars (4/3, 4/10, 4/17, Mansion) Greg Sandow — A prominent classical and pop music critic showcases his own classical pieces, with echoes of modernism and pop (4/14, Mansion) Hilary Hahn — Washington Performing Arts presents a concert by the star violinist, a Virginia native who got her start with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (4/19, Music Center) Ensemble Schumann — Pianist Sally Pinkas, viola player Steve Larson and oboist Thomas Gallant

 form this lively trio, which doesn’t limit itself to the work of Schumann (4/21, Mansion) Kristin Chenonweth & Andrew Lippa with the National Philharmonic — I Am Anne Hutchinson/I Am Harvey Milk is a world premiere concept opera combining song, movement and powerful storytelling, focused on two reluctant prophets who stood up for equality and changed the world in their times; Noah Himmelstein directs this Strathmore production along with music director Joel Fram and also featuring Colin Wheeler and the Alexandria Harmonizers (4/23-24, Music Center) Murray Perahia — Pianist performs a recital presented by Washington Performing Arts (5/1, Music Center) Kimberly Kong — This Strathmore Artist-In-Residence, a pianist affiliated with the Peabody Institute, presents workshops for pianists of all levels (5/11, 5/18, 5/25, Mansion) Todd Marcus Quintet featuring Don Byron (5/19, Mansion) Simone Dinnerstein — Celebrated pianist in a concert presented by Washington Performing Arts (5/22, Music Center) Maryland Classic Youth Orchestras of Strathmore — MCYO’s young artists, symphony

 and philharmonic perform a repertoire including Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture (5/25, Music Center) Potomac Valley Youth Orchestra — 25th Anniversary Spring Gala (5/27, Music Center) Glorystar Children’s Chorus (6/5, Music Center) Strathmore Children’s Chorus Meets the Beatles (6/8, Music Center) WARD RECITAL HALL bachconsort.org The Little Organ Book, Part 2 — Concert focuses on the second half of Bach’s remarkable collection of chorale preludes, which the Consort’s founder and music director J.

Reilly Lewis will play on the organ (3/13) Noontime Cantata — Founder and music director J.

Reilly Lewis introduces each free, monthly, hour-long cantata before performing an organ work and a cantata featuring both chorus and period instrument orchestra (4/5, 5/3 Church of the Epiphany) Coffee Cantata — A program very different from mainstream Bach repertoire, with more intimate compositions drawn from the Anna Magdalena Notebook — dedicated to his second wife — featuring soprano Emily Noel, tenor Nicholas Fichter and bass Richard Giarusso (4/8, Live at 10th and G) Simply Magnificat — Reilly leads the Consort and soloists in a performance of Bach’s setting of this ancient hymn, also known as the Canticle of Mary (4/24) THE WASHINGTON CHORUS thewashingtonchorus.org Parisian Spring — The Rubenstein Family Organ at the Kennedy Center will sound for this program featuring French organist Thierry Escaich, accompanying the chorus as led by Chorus music director Julian Wachner in compositions by Durufle, Vierne and Faure (5/1, Kennedy Center Concert Hall) WASHINGTON NATIONAL OPERA dc-opera.org Wagner’s Ring Cycle — WNO director Francesca Zambello has finally set things in motion for

 the staging of all four full-length operas in Richard Wagner’s epic masterpiece.

For her modern take on this saga of gods and humans, Zambello has recruited a world-class cast, including British soprano Catherine Foster and Swedish soprano Nina Stemme, who will alternate as warrior woman Brunnhilde. Philippe Auguin is music director.

You can take in one or all four, whatever you wish, but there are only three performances per opera — one each week for three weeks, making three complete cycles: The Rhinegold — A dwarf steals the Rhine river’s magical gold from its guardian maidens and plots world domination (4/30-5/17) The Valkyrie — The king Wotan is challenged, son Siegmund unknowingly falls for his separated-at-birth twin sister, and Brunnhilde is facing a sad fate (5/2-5/18) Siegried — A coming-of-age story at heart, focused on Wotan’s grandson, who aspires to be a hero and a knight in shining armor for his star-crossed sleeping beauty, Brunnhilde (5/4-5/20) Twilight of the Gods — Deception and betrayal, despair and destruction — Brunnhilde may be able to tempt fate and save the day (5/6-22) WEINBERG CENTER FOR THE ARTS 20 W. Patrick St.

Entertainment Live: Maigret reviewed and other news - BBC News BBC News Entertainment Live: Maigret reviewed and other news 29 Mar 201629 Mar 2016 Got a TV Licence? You need one to watch live TV on any channel or device, and BBC programmes on iPlayer. It’s the law. News for Tuesday 29 March 2016 Dermot O'Leary to return as X Factor host Woody Allen latest to open Cannes Rowan Atkinson's Maigret reviewed By Neil Smith and Chris Long All times stated are UK Get involved Entertainment reporter Posted at 16:30 29 Mar That's it from us today, but we'll back with more news, trailers and other fun stuff tomorrow. We'll leave you with some wonderful fan footage of Bruce Springsteen (gently) rocking out with his 90-year-old mother Adele in the crowd of his New York show last night. What's not to like? Dubai's walls host street art exhibition Posted at 16:17 29 Mar PA This lively stencil by British artist Nick Walker is one of several adding a spot of colour to the United Arab Emirates this spring.

It's all part of Dubai Walls , an exhibition featuring 14 of the world's leading street artists that, according to its organisers, "aims to create the conversation about this exciting art form with residents and visitors in the region", Here are a few more examples of the works on display. PA Ricky Gervais announces 'low-key' stand-up shows Posted at 15:56 29 Mar AP Ever a whirlwind of activity, Ricky Gervais has announced he'll be following the release of his new Netflix film Special Correspondents in April with a series of stand-up shows. The comic writes on his blog that the shows would be his "first in about six years, if you don't count hosting the Golden Globes", adding he had "booked a couple of low key warm-ups" in London in May with some of those involved with his comedy series Derek "to flesh out the bill a bit". And, of course, there's a bit of news about his upcoming David Brent movie, Life on the Road, which is out in August. We started mixing the album this week and we have 15 tracks. This means our vinyl edition will be a double album. How cool is that? I'm like Prince.

(But slightly taller.) Share Coins to depict Queen's Beasts Posted at 15:34 29 Mar A new set of gold and silver coins, based on the Queen's Beasts sculptures that were made to mark her coronation in 1953, are to be minted. The two metre high sculptures were created by James Woodford and were themselves based on the King's Beasts, a collection of 10 statues made for Henry VIII that line the bridge over the moat at Hampton Court Palace. BBC The Queen's Beasts can now be found at the Canadian Museum of History in Quebec, while Portland stone replicas, which were also carved by Woodford, stand next to the Palm House in London's Kew Gardens (see above). The Royal Mint's new coin series will begin with the Lion of England. Coin designer Jody Clark has been describing the process he went through to create his "beast". The lion in my design takes a rampant stance, the most fierce. I researched imagery of lions in the wild to make sure that mine had a true likeness to the creature's character, but I was careful that it wasn't too realistic.

In this context the lion is a 'beast' and I wanted it to feel fantastical, so when it came to areas like the eyes I kept them blank. Here's how his design will shortly look like in a pocket near you. PA Actors chosen for BBC sitcom remakes Posted at 15:11 29 Mar Earlier this month , we brought you news that Till Death Us Do Part, Steptoe and Son and other classic comedies are to return to the BBC as part of a special season of one-off sitcom remakes. It's now been confirmed who will take on some of the roles in these new-for-old makeovers. PA/BBC Simon Day (left) will play Alf Garnett, the outrageously outspoken character Warren Mitchell (right) made his own, in a recreation of a "lost" episode of Till Death Us Do Part from 1967, which sees Alf arrive home to an empty house and a burnt supper. BBC Jeff Rawle (right) will play Albert Steptoe, the "dirty old man" so memorably first played by Wilfred Brambell (left), in a new version of Steptoe and Son.

Ed Coleman will play Albert's son Harold in A Winter's Tale, another "lost" episode that sees Harold attempt to go on a skiing holiday without his dad. PA/BBC Dead Ringers star Jon Culshaw (left), meanwhile, will step into Sid James's shoes in The New Neighbour, a new version of a Hancock's Half Hour first aired in 1957. Kevin McNally will play Tony Hancock in the episode, reprising on screen a role he first played on radio in 2014. Share Smashing Pumpkins put back together for 'mini-set' Posted at 14:45 29 Mar A reunion long dreamed of by rock fans took place on Saturday, when Smashing Pumpkins were joined on stage in Los Angeles by original guitarist James Iha. Iha, who co-founded the Chicago band in the late 1980s, has not played with them since they broke up in 2000. (They were subsequently resurrected by frontman Billy Corgen and drummer Jimmy Chamberlain in 2006.) Footage filmed by fans showed Iha and the band's current guitarist Jeff Schroeder playing together on 1993 single Today.

Rolling Stone reported that Iha joined the band - on his 48th birthday - for a "seven-track mini-set" that drew heavily from classic 1993 album Siamese Dream. Chamberlain tweeted that it was "pretty cool" to have Iha back on stage with him. First footage of Jenna Coleman as Victoria Posted at 14:23 29 Mar Jenna Coleman makes the leap from the Tardis to the throne in the first trailer for Victoria, which was released by ITV over the Easter weekend. Former Doctor Who companion Coleman, who shared a photo on Instagram of the "blue eyes" she has been given for the role, is starring as the young queen, alongside Rufus Sewell and Tom Hughes. Sewell, who was recently seen in Amazon's The Man in the High Castle, plays Victoria's first prime minister Lord Melbourne, while Hughes takes the role of her husband, Prince Albert. The channel has yet to announce a broadcast date for the eight-part drama.

Share Avicii announces retirement from touring BBC Newsbeat Posted at 13:54 29 Mar AFP/Getty Images Swedish DJ Avicii has decided that, at the age of 26, the time is right for him to take a rest. So he has announced he is retiring from touring at the end of the year. The Grammy nominee, whose hits include Wake Me Up and I Could Be the One, says his tour and shows in 2016 will be his last and encouraged his fans to "make them go out with a bang". In a statement on his website, he wrote: I know I am blessed to be able to travel all around the world and perform, but I have too little left for the life of a real person behind the artist. I've become an adult while growing as an artist, I've come to know myself better and realise that there's so much I want to do with my life. I have strong interests in different areas but there's so little time to explore them. There is a glimmer of hope for fans, though, as he also asked fans to text him thoughts on what he had announced - addingthat "one part of me can never say never.

I could be back ...but I won't be right back." Poldark battles Bake Off for Bafta audience award Posted at 13:30 29 Mar BBC It's a case of scythes versus spatulas at this year's TV Baftas, where Poldark will go head to head with The Great British Bake Off in the competition for the Radio Times audience award. The period drama and baking contest are two of four BBC shows on a shortlist of six from 2015, alongside Peter Kay comedy Car Share and drama series Doctor Foster. Channel 4's sci-fi drama Humans and Netflix documentary series Making a Murderer complete the list. The award, to be handed out at the Bafta TV Awards in London on 8 May, is the only trophy at the prestigious ceremony to be given purely on the basis of a public vote. Lil Wayne sues Universal Music over 'unpaid royalties' BBC Newsbeat Posted at 13:04 29 Mar Getty Images Rapper Lil Wayne claims he's owed millions of dollars in unpaid royalties by Universal Music Group.

The rapper is suing the record company, claiming he hasn't been paid for discovering and nurturing talent like Drake, Nicki Minaj and Tyga. Lil Wayne - whose real name is Dwayne Carter Jr - claims Universal has diverted his profits to repay itself for the $100m (£70m) it advanced to Cash Money Records, the arm of the company with which his own Young Money label has a deal. He also wants damages of $40m (£28m) and a ruling to clarify how the royalties are split. In a statement sent to the Hollywood Reporter , Universal denies the claims. David Bowie concert to be streamed live for charity Posted at 12:40 29 Mar PA Fans of the late, great David Bowie will be able to watch a live stream of a memorial concert in return for a donation to charity, organisers have said. Due to "unprecedented interest", promoters have teamed up with Skype so fans donating a minimum of £15 can watch the show. The Music of David Bowie will be held at Radio City Music Hall in New York on Friday, with Mumford & Sons, Blondie and The Pixies due to perform.

Bowie's producer, Tony Visconti, is also expected to take to the stage. Posted at 12:13 29 Mar Joi Gresham & Lorraine Hansberry Literary Trust If you know the name Lorraine Hansberry at all, it's probably for her groundbreaking 1959 drama A Raisin in the Sun. But she wrote more radical plays too, one of which - Les Blancs - is currently being revived at the National Theatre in London. Unfinished at the time of her death in 1965, this ambitious drama tells of the return of a young man to his home village in an unnamed African country. The BBC's Vincent Dowd spoke to the play's director, Yael Farber, and Margaret Wilkerson, Hansberry's biographer, about what the production hopes to add to its author's legacy. Posted at 11:47 29 Mar PA A semi-complete line-up for this year's Glastonbury Festival has been unveiled, courtesy of a snazzy-looking poster.

In addition to previously announced headliners Muse, Adele and Coldplay, the programme includes such top acts as Beck, Foals, Ellie Goulding and The 1975. Joining them on the bill will be the more seasoned likes of Art Garfunkel, Cyndi Lauper, Ronnie Spector and ZZ Top. Here's the poster in all its multi-coloured glory. Beethoven named as UK's most popular composer Posted at 11:25 29 Mar Getty Images The beefy compositions of Beethoven have seen him crowned as the nation's most popular composer in the 2016 Classic FM Hall of Fame list . The German, who died in 1827, saw 19 pieces make it into this year's chart, with Piano Concerto No 5 (Emperor), Symphony No 6 (Pastoral) and Symphony No 9 (Choral) all included in the top 10. Austrian genius Mozart, who has previously been named most popular, only managed to get 16 pieces into the chart, with his Clarinet Concerto being the lone inclusion in the top 10.

Classic FM presenter John Suchet said the use of Beethoven's music in recent films might have accounted for his current popularity. I think that Beethoven's new position as the most popular composer has to do with films such as the Oscar-winning The King's Speech, which famously used his 7th Symphony, but his music is so universally popular. The radio station also revealed that the poll, which saw 170,000 votes cast, named Vaughan Williams' The Lark Ascending as the UK's favourite piece of classical music. And who are we to stand in the way of a nation's enjoyment? Here is the piece in question, performed at the 1995 Proms by Tasmin Little and the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Woody Allen latest to open Cannes Posted at 10:59 29 Mar AP This year's Cannes Film Festival will open with Woody Allen's latest work, the title of which has been confirmed as Cafe Society.

According to organisers , it tells the story "of a young man who arrives in Hollywood during the 1930s hoping to work in the film industry, falls in love, and finds himself swept up in the vibrant cafe society that defined the spirit of the age." Jesse Eisenberg, currently to be seen as Lex Luthor in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, co-stars with Kristen Stewart in the film, which also stars Steve Carell and Blake Lively. This will be the third time the US director has launched the festival, having previously done so with Hollywood Ending in 2002 and Midnight in Paris in 2011. Cafe Society will screen out of competition at this year's event, which runs from 11 to 22 May. Posted at 10:45 29 Mar AP Janice Dickinson, the self-titled "world's first supermodel", has revealed that she has breast cancer. Dickinson, who was a contestant in last year's Celebrity Big Brother, told the Daily Mail she was diagnosed with the disease after her doctor found a lump in her right breast during a routine medical examination on 12 March.

Following tests, the former America's Top Model judge was found to have early stage ductal carcinoma in situ - a common form of breast cancer that starts in the milk ducts. The 61-year-old said she was "very scared" before launching into a typically defiant statement. Don't feel sorry for me, this is not a pity party. I'm Janice Dickinson and I'm gonna stick around for a long, long time - you ain't getting rid of me yet. Rowan Atkinson as Maigret: reviews round-up Posted at 10:22 29 Mar ITV Rowan Atkinson made his first appearance on ITV on Monday as Inspector Jules Maigret, the pipe-smoking detective who made his first appearance in print 85 years ago. The Blackadder and Mr Bean star was in unusually contemplative mood in the two-hour drama, which found Georges Simenon's sleuth on the trail of a serial killer who is murdering young women in Paris's Montmartre district. The Times' James Jackson was generally enthusiastic about Atkinson's portrayal, but admitted it took "an initial adjustment" to disassociate the actor from his better-known comedic roles.

Casting the Blackadder actor feels akin to John Cleese doing King Lear...[Yet] Atkinson seemed to work hard to keep his face still in fear of hinting at clownish elasticity... [and] scored points for his sense of inner melancholia. According to the Telegraph's Gerard O'Donovan, " comedians rarely make good detectives ". Yet he too found himself won over by Atkinson's minimalist turn. For those of us who enjoyed beefy Michael Gambon in the role in the Nineties (or indeed Rupert Davies's Sixties portrayal, which many consider definitive), Atkinson's less physically imposing, and entirely less hearty Inspector Maigret took some adjusting to... But Atkinson's chameleon-like qualities gradually asserted themselves. In his four-star review , the Mail's Christopher Stevens compared Atkinson's casting to that of Hugh Laurie in BBC One's The Night Manager. This must be one of Baldrick's cunning plans. The stars of Blackadder are swiping all the best roles in serious telly drama... Atkinson is on the slight side for the role [but] has a superbly expressive face that crinkles with compassion or hardens into an implacable wall of determination with the flicker of a few muscles.

Writing in The Guardian , however, Lucy Mangan found her viewing experience suffered due to "a completely leaden script" I was not sure, at first, why the team involved chose to do one of the Simenon books that was covered during the Michael Gambon years... Then I wasn't sure about Rowan Atkinson, who erred more and more on the side of 'blankly sullen, possibly depressed'... as time went on. And then I wasn't sure about how much time was going on. Events unfolded so slowly... that I thought my watch had stopped. Maigret Sets a Trap is currently available to view on the ITV Hub .

Question: Winner in a poll of Classic FM's most popular piece of music in 2016, which composer also wrote A London Symphony
Answer: Ralph Vaughan Williams